Banned Books

Analysis

Tables

An Analysis of the PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022

The Data

Data Comes from PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans

Starting Table

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books %>%
  mutate(Author = as.factor(Author), Title = as.factor(Title), `Type of Ban` = as.factor(`Type of Ban`), State = as.factor(State), District = as.factor(District), `Date of Challenge/Removal` = as.factor(`Date of Challenge/Removal`), `Origin of Challenge` = as.factor(`Origin of Challenge`)) %>%
  select(Author, Title, `Type of Ban`, State, `Date of Challenge/Removal`, `Origin of Challenge`) %>%
  datatable(filter= "top", options = list(pageLength = 5, autoWidth = TRUE), rownames=FALSE)

Top 7 Most Banned Books

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#Add links to purchase the books -> to authors homepage? 
topbooks %>%
  select(image = image_url, Title, Author, numTimesBanned) %>%
  ungroup() %>%
  gt()%>%
  gt_img_rows(columns = image,img_source="local", height = 150)%>%
  tab_header(title = "The Most Banned Books from July 2021 - June 2022") %>%
  cols_label(
    Title = "Book Title",
    image = "Book Cover",
    Author = "Author",
    numTimesBanned = "Total Number of Bans"
  )

Book Cover	Book Title	Author	Total Number of Bans
The Most Banned Books from July 2021 - June 2022
	Gender Queer: A Memoir	Kobabe, Maia	41
	All Boys Aren't Blue	Johnson, George M.	29
	Out of Darkness	Pérez, Ashley Hope	23
	The Bluest Eye	Morrison, Toni	22
	Lawn Boy	Evison, Jonathan	17
	The Hate U Give	Thomas, Angie	17
	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian	Alexie, Sherman	16

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